What I have learned in my 4+ year journey of studying data science
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I have been studying data science for the past 4 years, during which time I have worked as a professional data scientist for over 3 years.
I started by studying physics and was not too certain about what I wanted to do after University. However, now I have a career I love and can’t see myself doing anything else!
In this article, I want to review my journey year by year and share my experiences, learnings, and failures that helped propel me as a data scientist.
I hope you can find value in my journey that will help you in yours!
Year 1
As some of you may know, my original plan was to do a Physics PhD with the ultimate goal of becoming a professional researcher!
For my master’s program, I had to do a research year from the last half of my third to the first of my fourth year. This is basically the whole of 2020.